Just one other wrinkle careful if you are not american(as in US citizen) dividends have a 15% withholding tax, so if you go, the sell stock exercise the call, you will be out 15% of the dividend amount.
I use a similar idea to check I am not just lucky, I have a universe of stocks I trade say the S&P 100. when I enter a trade I choose a random number between 1-100 flip a coin heads=long tails=short. I then "notionally" record a random trade at the same time I enter my trade, I record the trade...
I think the OP is interested in the exact timing, so in the WMT example if you sell the stock on the 11 March will you get the dividend or do you have to hold it through the close of the 11 March?
Way I understand it is it goes ex on the 11 March, i.e. before the close.
I swing trade and if...
I don't have a strong opinion on this,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46533542/Quantitative-Forecast-of-Bursting-of-Gold-Bubble
Should be interesting to watch if anything happens as we approach April/June
No I meant 247 but its unlikely today, in the next few weeks. I don't day trade, much longer term, to me this is the start of a long over due down move.
From my experience Kospi won't close Gap from open today, but it may retrace some, but remember its still got some four hours to go.
To me its looking long term weak next target 247.